epichlorohydrin
noun
epichlorohydrin is spelled E-P-I-C-H-L-O-R-O-H-Y-D-R-I-N: 15 letters. It appears about once in every 52 million words in written English, the 225,584th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, epichlorohydrin means “Any epihalohydrin in which the halogen is chlorine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of epichlorohydrin is epichlorohydrins.
How many letters and syllables are in epichlorohydrin?
| Letters | 15: E-P-I-C-H-L-O-R-O-H-Y-D-R-I-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 52 million words; the 225,584th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is epichlorohydrin?
Epichlorohydrin appears about once in every 52 million words in written English, the 225,584th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of epichlorohydrin
- epichlorohydrins plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does epichlorohydrin mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any epihalohydrin in which the halogen is chlorine.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate epichlorohydrin?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of epichlorohydrin: ECH.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Epichlorohydrin in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense chemical compound:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | epicloridrina |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does epichlorohydrin come from?
From epi- + chlorohydrin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).